Tag: leni robredo

‘Silent Majority’ signals a return of the Yellow camp to ‘Opposition’ mode

May 2, 2016 benign0 16 Comments

The notion of the “Silent Majority”, which the camp of incumbent President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III and his ill-fated would-be successors Mar Roxas and sidekick Leni Robredo have recently retreated to, is a sign. It is a sign that the Yellow camp has reverted back to its “Opposition” mode of operations reminiscent of the…

Politics, Society

Why NOT Mar Roxas?

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016 benign0 27 Comments

The question of whether or not one should vote Mar Roxas President of the Philippines can be answered quite simply: DO NOT. Why? Because he fails to live up to his own platform of governance. According to a meme being distributed by his supporters, Roxas and his side-kick Leni Robredo supposedly live by a simple…

Scholarly study reveals Ateneans are the real ‘bobotantes’ of the Philippine electorate

April 26, 2016April 26, 2016 benign0 106 Comments

A study conducted by the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) on the bobotante (stupid voter) phenomenon that plagues Philippine politics sought to test a hypothesis commonly-held amongst the Philippines’ “thinking classes” — that it is primarily impoverished voters (the majority of Filipinos) that are inclined to vote stupid. The results published in an Inquirer report…

Education, Politics

High-performance choppers transport Kris Aquino to Cebu LP campaign!

April 21, 2016 benign0 18 Comments

Rarely would one witness such an awesome array of Philippine government air assets assembled at one time — not even during a disaster! Exhibited in a recent set of photos making the social media rounds is what seems to be an armada of no less than five helicopters escorting presidential sister Kris Aquino to a…

Government, Politics

The Coco Levy Scam, Danding Cojuangco and Grace Poe

April 20, 2016 Virtual Vigilante 24 Comments

The Coco Levy Scam orchestrated by former President Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies (foremost of which was Danding Cojuangco) during the Marcos Dictatorship, taxed the coconut farmers in the guise of developing the coconut industry and alleviating the plight of the marginalized coconut farmer. Instead, the substantial funds generated from the Levy over the course…

Crime, Government, Politics

Leni Robredo is not presidential enough to be Vice President of the Philippines

April 18, 2016November 1, 2021 benign0 13 Comments

While other great nations land men on the moon, project naval power half way around the planet, and build research centres that churn out wondrous technologies that benefit mankind, Filipinos look to elect to higher office widows of “martyrs” who count “humility” as their primary qualification for office. It is quite baffling that Filipinos are…

Culture, Politics, Society

Leni Robredo proved in Sunday’s #HarapanBise debate that she cannot MAN UP for the job

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 benign0 22 Comments

Watching Leni Robredo in last night’s vice presidential debate deliver her closing statements voice quivering and on the verge of tears, I thought: Ok, if Chinese troops started parachuting onto Manila while Leni Robredo was VP, what’s she gonna do? Cry and talk about her mommy issues? But that is exactly what she’s framed her…

Culture, Politics, Society

The sad reduction of Leni Robredo

April 17, 2016April 28, 2016 FallenAngel 22 Comments

Leni Robredo, the wife of the late Jesse Robredo, is emerging as one of the more seemingly popular choices to be Vice President for the coming National Elections. Whether she is fit for the post is another question entirely. Several critics, some among them commentators here at GRP, have pointed out that she seems to…

Culture, Government, Politics